Condiment-holder.



A. WOLKENSTEIN. GONDIMENT HOLDER. APPLIOATION FILED MAY 27,1909.

Patented Sept. 21,

cf MM .@/QMMW/ A iarfzey ARNOLD '/VOLKENSTEIN, 0F VIENNA, .AUSTRIA-HUNGARY ooNDIMENm-HLDER.

estaria.

specification. of Letters Patent.

Patented sepa ai, ieee.

' Application filed May 27, 1909. Serial No. 499,066.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ARNOLD WoLKENsTEiN, a citizen or" the Empire of Austria-Hungary,- residing at Vienna,AustriafI-Iungary, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Condiment-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following toV be a full, clear,

and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilledfin the art to which it appertains to makev and use the improved condiment4 holderis provided with a stopper which perfectly closes the can or i bottle when the same` is. out of use, and

which provides suitable apertures when it is 'taken' to use.

For the. purpose ot explaining the 1nven tion an example embodying the same has been shown in the accompanying drawing, in which the same letters of reference have been used in all the, views toindieate corresponding parts. l

In said drawiiig-Figure 1,-is a vertical cross-section ot a salt shaker showing the same in its out of use position, Fig. Q, is a similar cross-section of the salt shaker showing the same in its position of use., and Fig. 3. is QNa horizontal cross-section taken on the line 33 of Fig. Q.

In the example illustrated in the drawing the salt shaker consists of a reservoir f/ provided at its mouth with a ring f( having a conical aperture. l'Vithin the said aperture there tits a conical closing body c: which, in`

prevent the same from dropping beyond a desired distance, so that` a circular passage is formed between the stopper and the ring through whiclrthe salt is uniformly dispensed. ot' a iiange provided on the conical body c and .located within the reservoir and below the ring a. At its margin, the said flange is provided with notches z' permitting the egress of the salt trom' thereservoir to the annular passage provided between the stopper c and the ring o, as clearly shown in Fig. The ring a may be secured to the reservoir in any suitable way. In the example shown, a cap screw z. is used for this purpose, so that the ring can readily be removed from or replaced to the can g, if it is desired to refill the saine. n

In the position of the can shown in Fig. l, the stopper is seated Aon the ring o in the manner ota valve,l and it thereby tightly closes the reservoir f/ so thatI impurities have no access to the condiment. It the salt shaker in reversed, as shown in Fig. 2, the stopper is slightly raised from its seat, so that 'the salt can flow downward through the notches yi and the passage provided between the ring l) and the stopper fr, and is uniformly distributed.

I claim: l. V

A condiment holder comprising in combination, a receptacle provided with an outwardly i'aring opening, and a solid closing bodyhaving a conical portion seatedin said opening, .sa-id body having a shank reduced in size with respect to the smallest diameter ot the conical portion and also reduced in size with respect to the smallest portion of said opening, said shank also having a solid tiange provided with notches extending inwa rdly to points within the smallest diameter of said openings, substantially as described. In testimony whereof l hereunto aiiix my signature in the presence otl two witnesses.

` Anxonn woLKENsTEiN.

lVitnesses:

ROBERT IV. HEINGARTNER,

- AUGUST FUGGER.

As shown. the said means consists 

